It was called to protest the apparent torture of two men by Fijian security personnel on a video which appeared on the internet recently.

The Australian and New Zealand parliaments, the United Nations and Amnesty international have all condemned the brutality and called for an independent investigation.

But despite the publicity, today's demonstration in Wellington only managed a crowd of 20, something one of the speakers there, Jan Logie, the New Zealand Greens spokesperson on foreign affairs, attributes to fear among local Fijians.

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